Mechanical Engineer [HOU]
Location
Houston, TX
Posted on September 24, 2026
Location
Houston, TX
Posted on September 24, 2026
At Hanwha Ocean EPU, we empower our people to engineer the future of sustainable energy through meaningful work on cutting-edge offshore, onshore, and global infrastructure projects. The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for executing mechanical engineering and design activities for various projects, ensuring deliverables are technically accurate and compliant with project requirements.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$37/hr across 86 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 341 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 192 different employers. 94 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 596 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (29), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Midlothian at $38/hr, Irving at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanical Engineer [HOU] figures were last recalculated when this page was built.